Hydrocarbon-burner.



AT FFE WILLIAM H. BRON, OF NEWARK, OHIO.

HYDRO CARBONBURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1911.,

Application led May 7, 1910. Serial No; 560,052.

l'o all whom 'it may concern:

.lle it known that l, Nieman ll. BnowN, citizen of the United States, residingzil at Newark, in the county of Licking` and State otE Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in llydrocarbon-Burners7 ot' which the following is a specitication.

My invention relates to hydrocarbonburners ot that type in which a hydrocarbon such as coal oil and water are vaporizcd and then directed against a burning cone, therey combining the steam and the hydrocarbon vapor with air.

'l`he 'invention consists in the details of construction and arrangement of the parte lset torth in the accompanying specitication and itully illustrated .in the drawings appended. f

lor a lull umlerstanding of the invention re terence is to be had to the tol lowing description and accompanying drawings, in which lfie'ure l is a perspective view oilmy improved burner. Fie'. 2 is a plan view thereof partly broken away. lfig. i is a fragmentary detail View showingi` the nozzles and the apex of the di ibuting` cone.

(lorreslrondine and like parts are referred to in the tollowiuey deseriptiim and indicated in all the views ot the aecompanyinel drawingrs by the same ret'erenee charzu'ters. A

ReferringI to these tizg'ures7 l designates a solid base ot' metal, or other suitable material, and l designates an oil inlet pipe leading -trom any suitable source ol' supply and 'tormed at its inner end with an elbow 5, which has a screw-threaded:engagement with a downwardly extending` nipple t5 which projects upward trom the t'ace ot the base it. 'this nipple. torms the inlet. end oll a duct 'T which extends troni the nipple t3 through the interior ot the base to a pointon the opposite side ot said base and then. extends upwardly out ot the base through a tubular nipple h which is provided with tapering;l inwardly and downwardly curved nozzle S). 'lhe bore et said nozzle being tapered so as to provide a very small outlet opening.

'l`ho water inlet pipe is designated l0, and extends from any suitable source ot water supply and is formed at its cud with an elbow il having screw-threaded engagement with a nipple l2 of precisely the same construction as the nipple tl, which nipple eX- tcnds down into the interior ot the casing` 3 and connects with the duct 13, which is preferably curved substantially in the are of a circle pa 'allel with the inside face of c the curved duct 7 and which opens into an upwardly extending nipple 14: `opposed to the upwardly extending nipple 8.

.Each duct extends from its inlet end in the arc of a circle through the body 3 ap- .proxinnrtely parallel to the circumference ot the body 3 and approximately concentric to each other, the ducts ending at approximately opposite points of the burning cup 18. This arrangement of the ducts gives a maximum extent to the ducts and thus pro* vides for complete vaporization. Both ducts extend beneath the burning cup andv are consequently subjected to the heat of the burning oil therein when the burner is primed and when in operation, and furthermorex the solid base 3 absorbs the heat and retains it'l t'or a considerable time7 thus Subjecting` the oil and water as it passes into thc duets to the heat retained b'y the base and thus acts to very perfectly vaporize the incoming oil and water.

The nipple lll opens into a curved and tapered nozzle 15, ot' the same character as the nozzle t) and formed with a small outlet openinn. The nozzles 9 and 'l5 extend toward eae'h other and to a point above a distributing cone 17, which is located within a burning cup 18 formed upon or supported on the upmer face oi the casing 8. The nozzles t) and l5 are so directed that; the jets of steam and vaporizcd oil therefrom ma be ejected against the apex of the cone 1g so that the intel-mingled steam and oil vapor will niix with the oxygen ot the air at this point. 'lhe gas produced by this combina- 'tion is ver similar to natural oas and burns without smoking and gives an exceedingly high degree ot heat in proportion to the amount ot `t`uel used. t

.l preferably provide both of the, inlet pipes t and l() with a tlling ot asbestos, this tilting` beinel designated in both cases by the numeral lt).

The operation ot' my invention is as follo\\'s:-'l`he oil enters through the pipe l into the duct 7, which being' entirely inelosed within the base L), is raised to su'tlicient degree. of heat to vaporizc the, oil. "ater is ted into the pipe l() and this also passes into its duct lil, which being inclosed within the base 2l is heated suttieiently to cause the, water to he converted into steam. The vaporized water and oil pass into the nozzles 9 and l5 and are directed as before stated, against the apex of the spreading cone 17. The vapor from the oil, and steam from the water, both strike the spreading cone at the same point and then combine with the oxygen of the atmosphere, as before remarked.

Of course, the initial vaporizing of the oil and water may be accomplished by priming the 'burning cup 184 and igniting the oil therein until the heat has generated suthcient vapor in the ducts 7 and 13 to vaporize the oil and water passing from the inlet pipes 4: and l0.v

I do not wish to be limited to any special manner of forming the Vapor chamber, as it is obvious that the double ducts 7 and 13 may be formed within the vaporizing chamformed in the base into .which'said inlet j base into which the water duct opens, said tubular members being disposed opposite to eachother at diametrically opposite points of the said cone, 'and inwardly and downwardly curved nozzles mounted on said tubular members, said nozzles being directed toward the apex of the distributing cone.

2. A hydrocarbon burner including a solid base, a distributing cone `formed with the base and projecting upward above the tace thereof, the cone being'surrounded by a burning cup formed with the base, said base being,` Vformed with an oil inlet duct extending approximately in the arc of a circle through the base, approximately parallel to the circumference thereof, said base being also formed with a water duct extending' approximately in the are of a circle through the base, one of said ducts being approximately concentric to the other, and both of said ducts extending beneath the burninpcup, an upwardly projecting tubular member extending from the oil inlet duct and projecting above the face of the base, a tubular member projecting` above the base iro which the 'water duet opens, said tubular members beingdisposed opposite to each other at diametrically opposite points of said cone, and inwardly and downwardly curved nozzles on the extremities of the tubulaimembers and curved toward the apex of the cone. In testimony whereof i aflix my signature in preeence of two witnesses.

YVILLIAM H. BROVN.

iVitnesses Josnrrr ii". Homann, JAMES CmswnLL. 

